The Time Of Day


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small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line




b4      a       d5      c         d
G      D/G      G      C/G        D/G


b4      a       b       c5         d
G      D/G      G      C/G        D/G

G                        D/F#
   All the ghosts in the schoolyard

Em                      B/D#
   Young rebels with no dreams

C           G/B
   Dying of old age

Am7         B
   At seven teen

G                   D/F#
   Some blame their mothers

Em                       B/D#
    For this unforgiving world

C                   G/B
   Others point the finger

Am                        B
   At the flag the wind unfurls


But I say

Em             C        G       D
   You are the lock you are the key

Em             C        G       D
You are the master of your destiny

Em                C             G          D
  The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay

Em             C         G       D
Don't give the devil the time of day

              Em       C            G       D
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play

               Em    C  G           D
Don't give the devil    the time of day

               Em    C  G            D
Don't give the devil    the time of day

D
don?t give him



G                         D/F#
    There's a face in the mirror

Em                 B/D#
   You don't recog nize

C                  G
So you shatter the lights

            Am                   B
'cause they sting your bloodshot eyes

G                     D/F#
   You walk on with a stranger

              Em              B/D#
Who rolls your soul up in his wad

       C                   G/B
   You place your trust in him

                  Am              B
    Like you once    placed it in god

Well I say

Em             C        G       D
   You are the lock you are the key

    Em          C           G       D
You are the master of your    destiny

Em                C             G          D
  The devil's the dude who sells poison for pay

Em             C      G       D
Don't give the devil the time of day

              Em       C            G       D
Don't you give him the room or and inch to play

               Em    C  G           D
Don't give the devil    the time of day

               Em    C  G            D
Don't give the devil    the time of day


 D
  The time of day!

E                       A/E                 B/E             A/E
     Caught between the cyclone fence and a red brick wall

E                       A/E              B/E      A/E
    Yeah, you melt like chocolate in the sun

G                    C/G                    D/G          C/G
   Then you see your angel walking with his high-tops on

G                   C/G                     E/G#
   And he hands you heaven hotter than a loaded gun


A                       B
     (the time of day)

                   A
Don't you give him

                 E/G#
(the time of day)

                   A
Don't you give him

                   B
 (the time of day)

                   A
Don?t you give him

guitar solo

|Em   G    |C    D   | Em   G    |C    D   |Em   G    |C    D   |


Em             C     G           D
Don't give the devil the time of day

           Em           C           G       D
 Don't you give him the room or and inch to play

               Em     C   G           D
Don't give the devil      the time of day

               Em     C   G            D
Don't give the devil      the time of day

G                        D
   All the ghosts in the schoolyard

Em                      B
   Young rebels with no dreams

C           G
   Dying of old age

Am          B
    At seventeen


Well I say

repeat and fade as intro, ad lib vocals
b4      a       d5      c         d
G      D/G      G      C/G        D/G


b4      a       b       c5         d
G      D/G      G      C/G        D/G


transcription and chart
Peter Kruger casparus50@yahoo.ca